Doses and risks from the ingestion of dounreay fuel fragments

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 105, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 49-54

  Darley, P J ^a   Charles, M W ^a   Fell, T P ^b   Harrison, J D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR FUEL;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PREDICTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTESTINE WALL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; TARGET CELL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0141788243     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006288     Document Type: Article

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